Terence McKenna - Choosing Your Fate

First half of a workshop by Terence McKenna on ethnobotany.
Art by Ronald Feghali / ronaldfeghaliart
"You are choosing to sit here doing this, you're choosing to play botanist, ethnopharmacologist, American citizen, father, lover. You're choosing to do all this, it's okay to choose to do it but you are choosing to do it, it is not a fate, you aren't set into it, you could right now, just get up quietly and walk toward the green and keep moving."
Workshop from 1984.

[@Dani68ABminus]

There is nobody like Terence to unravel the unexplainable. Listening to him reminds me that people like us are the sane ones in a crazy world. Thank you, as always, for uploading!

[@careydixon8189]

That Terence surely had his cassettes sent among trusted friends to assure that copies were preserved and made it to these places... Trying to find a level option to his talks today are a bit iffy, although there is so much ongoing. Thx to Terence indeed.

[@arnyarny77]

When I eat shrooms I enjoy listening to Terrance he is my hero since the mid 90 s

[@arnyarny77]

Agreed !

[@LM-uq9nv]

I wish we could ask him about the objective vs subjective nature of a psilocybin experience.

[@Paralelalamb]

None of us are sane here...

[@wpahp]

"You are choosing to sit here doing this, you're choosing to play botanist, ethnopharmacologist, American citizen, father, lover. You're choosing to do all this, it's okay to choose to do it but you are choosing to do it, it is not a fate, you aren't set into it, you could right now, just get up quietly and walk toward the green and keep moving."

[@corpushermeticz]

Dude - I heard Terrence say this all the time but reading it in your textual message resonated with me and made me realize all the titles and roles that I play in my own life are of my own decision making . We don’t have to believe in anything at all

[@tonyedmonds1538]

🙏😎❤️

[@itsolivier]

@Mrgreen78 very good reminds me of ram Dass dropping out from his Harvard role , trying to find the McKenna session where mentions " we aren't dropping out here , we are infiltrating and taking over ", cheers and good weekend .

[@Changedhandle_]

I'm psyching up limitless bravery to do 5grams dry alone in darkness ✌️💪

[@friedafickle6020]

@@Changedhandle_ God speed lol

[@adamgardener8624]

Terence Mckenna can go for hours and I sit there dumbfounded. Feeling lucky. He is so articulate.

[@warshipsatin8764]

man talk good

[@keenfar4338]

I don't know how someone can have such a remarkable memory of scientific terms and keep going and going. I wish I had that ability but for now I feel intoxicated listening to him for hours it's like I get a high learning about this it's a similar feeling to when I listen to Alan Watts

[@adamgardener8624]

@@keenfar4338 Watts and McKenna ....... I love those dudes

[@adamgardener8624]

@Stephen Crowley Is on the recordings. You don't have to be a Debbie Downer for no reason at all.

[@whatifidothismaybe3525]

@@keenfar4338I listen to these 2 (Alan and Terrence) often and one day under odd circumstances I was suggested to listen to Nisargadatta Maharaj as well and it’s definitely been worth the listen

[@peacefulsuperman8302]

His scientific literacy was unparalleled and he always brought it back to our anthropological connection to nature. We can still listen to all this new material because he was always speaking his truth and I'm thankful for such passion.

[@TCG_Jay]

After I trip I had I was peaking just like this man so in depth and passion with words of great literacy I’m still amazed of my self how understanding and organized my brain was and to feel one with all is beautiful I came back with a message too I’d love to go into depth but everyone knows speak into existence because that’s the biggest advise I can tell you ever

[@jessicawardley4879]

Brilliantly put

[@plumbusman]

He's proving science is nature, nature is anthropology, anthropology is science, science is anthropology, and so on and so forth, with complexity of endless combinations of all those factors in endless people across our narrow concept of "time". Time is the hardest "law" in this dimension, constrained by the definition of those 3 fields, that gives us the most trouble. But... laws are meant to be broken. In more ways, and dimensions, than one. 🤟✌

[@HantonSacu]

💯

[@aliasofanalias7448]

@@plumbusman Aye, laws are just measurements to understand experience ⌛. I don't have to say much, I know your brain is already there

[@zezuntxiduntxi]

He is amazing. His messages are amazing. This is a teacher. This is what a leader should be.

[@otterrivers3765]

So many times I say to myself "eh. I've heard so many Terrence McKenna videos. I think I'll skip this one" but then I listen anyway and hear something completely new. Certainly he speaks about a lot of the same stuff in most videos but so many times I am surprised again by something new.

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Could you imagine being so vastly knowledgeable?

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welcome to the club, I said pointing to myself

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[@prgrms]

So glad so many of his talks were recorded. A true modern treasure

[@brianvent3043]

Alan Watts too

[@mikestaub]

We need his voice now more than ever.

[@admiralboom481]

Mike enlighten yourself and watch Mary Poppins. Set yourself free in Cherry Tree Lane.

[@christiansutton4369]

is here.

[@Kid_Ikaris]

@@admiralboom481 hmm this sounds meanly sarcastic 🤔 but given that this is a TMK video I'm second guessing that assumption. Maybe I'll pop a cap and try 😁 🍄 🔫 👌

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​@@Kid_Ikarisbet you'll get something out of it and the dupe will still be a dupe

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This new rebirth of psychedelia is truly fucking amazing. We're getting ever closer to mapping this experience out.

[@skinnyguygains2459]

it’s seriously so interesting. happy it’s becoming more accepted

[@Bmurr97]

I’m about to weigh out and head on my trip :) have a good day / night everyone

[@thelaurens1996]

Have an awesome experience Brother

[@ku0xy]

Safe travels friend, enjoy your journey!

[@dezzihotep3768]

Take it easy bro 😎 but take it !!!

[@radekpilat7892]

Take it easy, but take it!

[@trenyasafoadjei]

Okay Brandon

[@taylenday]

Terence his voice/train of thought is like a breath of fresh air. Not saying all of his ideas are infallible but just the openness and quality of topics are such a nice change of pace from most Tiktok and KZbin videos.

[@zyftis6927]

I love his openness to topics and questions, especially asking everybody about they’re reasons to show up and listen to him talk, and letting them know they can interrupt to ask a question. I’ll never grow tired of listening to him. Thank you for sharing this talk with us.

[@LoganAddisMusic]

Anytime you're feeling smart, come back here and get put in your place.

[@Ty91681]

Blown away everytime I hear McKenna speak. So many ideas so well put together. It's beyond enthralling and I appreciate you uploading these for our enjoyment. Thank you.

[@ALifeWellSteved]

Gotta love Terrance. Who else can in one min be giving a scholarly explanation of obscure anthropological concepts then the next talking about how to make a chillum out of a Fanta bottle and Israeli coin in the desert in the late 60’s with Dutch hippies.

[@chela2910]

Living in Israel I listened to him explain his experience here to a tee. All of it, the landscape, the people and the description of the Chillum, so accurate.

[@Harpin519]

Thank goodness they had the wherewithal to record this Genius as there has been no one to replace his absence 💫☮️💫

[@frodoggbooboo]

Terence not only knew many obscure words (including scientific plant names), but he knew how to pronounce them properly, which is remarkable.

[@warshipsatin8764]

its not particularly impressive or useful

[@Vidocracy]

@@warshipsatin8764 neither is your comment.

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@@Vidocracy got em coach

[@boscobear123]

It is useful, and frankly pretty fucking impressive.

[@mikesullivan7153]

Can't ever get enough Terence McKenna 🙏🏻Thank you for the uploads✌🏻🤘🏻🍄

[@aubysadventures]

Extraordinary use of the English vocabulary..... He is a legend for sure.

[@thelaurens1996]

These are the best, he was/is the best. Such a good speaker/story teller.

[@jjcool669]

He indeed was and still is the best.

[@Briareos1337]

Terence's experience on amanita muscaria is such a bummer, I'm sure he's only taken 5-8 grams... I've taken it only once, and then I took over 70 grams. I was out of my body for more than 6 hours, and I need not return there for I've seen it all. I could very well say I was born again that day

[@tomaskovacik2809]

TKM lectures are an endless, vast ocean.

[@sinkliner3836]

I smile every time a new upload comes from this channel. Keep them coming, these are inspiring :)

[@trippy_trippiedonig9480]

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[@ghostdelay6770]

Mr McKenna's recordings, thoughts and teachings should be in every single library throughout the entire world. His vast knowledge of Hallucinogenics are extremely vital in truly connecting to the natural world and the spiritual realms that much of world culture has lost connection to.

[@muzwot9603]

One of the best Terence Mckenna talks I've heard, always mind expanding, but a lot of new material here. Really gets going after 40 mins.

[@codelicious6590]

I just love the experience of listening to Terence McKena going on a tangent and taking the listener through a tour of natural, anthropological, botanical and geographical tour of our history!

[@zensuufu]

Thank you for your time, as always.

[@chela2910]

Living in Israel I listened to him explain his experience here to a tee. All of it, the landscape, the people and the description of the Chillum, so accurate.

[@g.r.bilyeu4226]

Love the lessons. Thank you for sharing.

[@shamanic_nostalgia]

I've been listening to this all week and I love the image

[@du_shara]

The eloquence of Mr Mckenna is unprecedented

[@salomeserron]

Thanks for posting this.

[@engelbertus1406]

On harmine/syrian rue/banisteriopsis caapi and it’s psychoactiveness: the Shuar Tribe from Equador are known to put emphasis on the caapi as the strongest component in their ayahuasca brew. Besides, they have rituals where they consume Caapi-only brew. Inspired by this tribe, a friend of mine suggested we should try and brew caapi only extract and take it to study its effects. Over the last four years, pure caapi brew as such has become my favourite plant medicine, and it’s stand alone effects even over rule my past preference of oral dmt. Not only are the effects psychoactive, deeply meditative, synchronistic, orgasmic and insightful… regular consumption of medium dosages supports a transformation of the mind body system to become more clear, open, psychedellically aware, happy, sensitive, clairvoyant and more. From the viewpoint of this experiences I can imagine the humans encountering Syrian Rue or Caapi and consumed them would be highly appreciative of these plants. Maybe many centuries or millenia later did they discover the combination of MAO inhibitors with DMT, but we must get rid of the viewpoint that the only effect of the Beta Carbolines is to activate DMT

[@angelarae]

Phenomenal, mind blowing, brilliance like no other. I wish you were still here Terrance!

[@frankspage]

What would that change tho? Don’t get me wrong, I wish the same.

[@ArmwrestlingJoe]

@@frankspage probably nothing. Not sure anyone or anything can change or stop the direction the world is heading in.

[@gangsta-F22]

I use these vids to help me sleep i like his voice ramble haha

[@patriciagrace162]

Thank you for inspiring conversation a place earth provides organic love grows time ripened presence perfuming the universe a place earth provides no other to compare gratitude showers down from heaven to know just one soul willing to be “one seed in the mind of god” a place in time woven from one mind earth provides a garden to grow in rooted in knowing “the flower it is” joy of the seed knowing the flower it is time ripened presence perfuming the universe

[@spiralmorning5784]

....😢❤

[@jesselee6009]

If you’re at this video for the first time I want to let you know that this knowledge is esoteric so you should make sure you’re prepared for it I’ll love.

[@user-ov4fo6iy3c]

That artwork tho

[@vanessab9499]

Thank you for the uploads. This is so soothing, humbling. Makes my problems non existent while listening.

[@absoluteunit8628]

You know, I've never and will never be able to put it correctly into words, but the background for this video comes shocking close to what my first DMT trip looked like. September of 2012 in my friend's upstairs apartment.

[@trippy_trippiedonig9480]

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[@herricaj]

Me too, i wouldn't say shockingly close but close. June 2012

[@kailerbritton]

One of the best talks 🌀

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[@123peterneill]

Hey thanks for uploading all of these, you're doing good work.

[@moniquewigg6644]

who ever created the cover art has been some places

[@helenbostock2350]

Yes understand you. I like you taught about natural people

[@user-yt3fg8tz3e]

One of the greatest minds! With the most appropriate subjects for us to ponder. I feel such gratitude to have his intelligent thought forms weave into my experience!

[@Mrlionman64]

Life pro tip: there's twice as much time for terence if you set the playback speed to 1.5x

[@LordXain]

I'm not knocking the idea, I'm just trying to figure out how 50% more = 100% more 🤔😉

[@Mrlionman64]

@@LordXain I mean... true. I am not the smartest cookie

[@otterrivers3765]

Yes. I can listen at 2x speed but here's another tip. When I'm listening to drift off to sleep .75 speed is nice and relaxing.

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[@LordXain]

@@Mrlionman64 I came to the conclusion that it's simple, you just round up 😉😂

[@figy1288]

His view on the main stream media is extremely accurate at the moment

[@walkallovervirtualexcursio930]

this is a gem i’d never heard before. inspired me to finally read FotG. Thank You!

[@du_shara]

What is FotG?

[@walkallovervirtualexcursio930]

@@du_shara Food of the Gods

[@ruggles46]

Such important ideas to examine and ponder

[@NobOdy-sz6kp]

With the exception of the artificial and abstract thinker in you, you are pure Nature.

[@Illumignati]

Brain chems are a symptom of emotion. Neurotransmitters transmit the perception of something. A knife cannot cut itself. A neurotransmitter is the same.

[@jesterfrombeyond1776]

Their relationship is more interdependent, tough emotions are a emerged phenomenon of higher magnitude and manifold ariseing from its neurochemical basis which can not be grasped fully simply by knowing its relationship towards its smaller parts.

[@bronaghbatch7132]

❤Thank you We Plants Are Happy from the bottom of my heart❤

[@bcarlizzle]

in this talk he predicted the timing of chat GPT, among other things. it's eerie to hear someone of the past talking about the future better than people in the present. The Neuromancer series are the only equivalent that come to mind

[@maciej.ratajczak]

1:02:28 - Our Grecian roots go right back to a civilization that had as its centerpiece the psychedelic experience.

[@frankspage]

Is there something I’m missing? Why so many of you call him “Terrance”?

[@kenpatton]

Thanks to everyone for the conversation during the live stream. I love me some Terrance.

[@psychonauthacker]

I'll leave this here because somehow it seems relevant. Acquaintance and myself had a ritual of eating mushrooms the preparation part involved them being ground to a fine powder and mixed with a little bit of chocolate. During one of my voyages I was in the midst of my usual Purge after consuming and I threw up whole mushrooms. Say what you will but it really did happen.

[@trippy_trippiedonig9480]

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[@jordaneffinger2104]

Huh! Definitely reminds me of the shaman's production, perhaps The Mushroom wants to emphasize the union with it?

[@nickthelick]

I've had a similar experience. The mushrooms rehydrated in my stomach and sort of stuck back together again! I noticed the gills of the shrooms and was like, huh?!

[@trippy_trippiedonig9480]

@@nickthelick My username can help u out with shrooms,LSD,dmt, and other psychedelic stuffs

[@Chris-vw9nw]

Good art!

[@richardfinlayson1524]

There may have been a different distribution of psychedelic plants in areas that were once tropical, like the parts of North Africa mentioned.

[@matthewchavezm.b.s5503]

This picture for the video is intense. Badass.

[@kintenkinten]

Thank you for uploading these! Do you happen to know where this was recorded?

[@SensibleSoulHealing]

I would live to know what Terrance's opinion would have been about the UFOs today and how we have officially come out and said they are real.

[@oddfitnesstimbrennan560]

Mr. McKenna would be happy with the progress of cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms in 2022

[@trippy_trippiedonig9480]

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[@minimaxhall]

Good enough and just be♡♡♡

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[@ryanmchowell]

The dawn of creation I believe is under the ice in Antarctica. We traveled through South America and then into Asia then Africa. Then built the pyramids to the dimensions of the world after we had explored it all

[@Alex-hc7od]

Who is this art you have shown by? Its gorgeous!

[@wrgaming9286]

Vibin it out and that ennit no g yah see

[@Crabbadabba]

They do be vibin' though.

[@TripAces]

16:00 -17:00 whomever buys the beachfront properties are the most evolved lol

[@JocelynMcKinnon-tc3gp]

I b. How. How. How. How. .

[@claybomb1064]

Good one👍🤩👍

[@user-zz8kf8ep4g]

Love you terance

[@ewantodd9180]

This was amazing! Can anyone point me in the direction of part 2 of this lecture plz?

[@Harpin519]

Pretty sure this is a mashup of a few different talks/lectures

[@talesfromthetrip]

I’m going to be making a video on Terence McKenna and I’m going to shout out your channel.

[@megalaxmax9979]

Who on Earth made that picture? I literally paused the video at the start just to study it.

[@wpahp]

art by Ronald Feghali, link in description

[@richmikodude7201]

Some one know where I can get that mean Pic? Cheers

[@wpahp]

it's a montage of two artworks but check out Ronald Feghali's art, link in the description

[@leyor7604]

Where can I find the ambient music you've created, that you have on several of Terrence's lectures on the outro? It's amazing, and I'd love to listen to whilst on mushrooms👌 Thanks, love the channel👍👍

[@Csio12]

Mayb they kept experimenting after one accidental discovery that some plant healed. The same way marvellous dishes have been created by chefs through the centuries.

[@heresthedeal1727]

Share with me the name of the illustrator who’s piece is being used for this PLEASE. I notice you use them a lot but I cannot figure out who the artist is.

[@wpahp]

Art by Ronald Feghali, link in the description!

[@kylerjanovec5801]

This man was the most well educated drug enthusiast since Sigmund Freud

[@Fae313]

😂🙌 nice one!

[@Fae313]

Although Ram Dass is a close second!

[@walteredstates]

Aleister Crowley, I dare say , could be considered more/better educated, though I don't know what type of drugs Herr Freud did take. To the outside observer it seems signs of psychedelics use are rather sparse - other than was the case with C G Jung.

[@juliafreeborne-ls9xk]

Even better ❤

[@Boris29311]

causal will does exist, causal choice does exist Since causal choice exists, the choice is "caused" and not upto you, because it's not a free choice If choices are uncaused, then those wills could be free since the ability to do otherwise exists, but the ability is not yours, the will is not yours, as it's uncontrolled, random and uncaused.

[@topspeedfinder]

Is there any way you could tell me the artist of this image?

[@redbear4027]

The Grateful Dead sum this up in one line... don't lend a hand to wave no flag a top of Ship of Fools... and another line that goes... I can tell your future just look what's in your hand.

[@xLeiza]

can someone tell me what European plants Terence is talking about? solenesius?

[@danielpotter9629]

I wonder what was in the box in Terence’s Chevy...?

[@katieconboy6597]

I like Terrences small mouth noises

[@ivanvoronov2763]

This artwork is close to how I imagine it

[@aliasofanalias7448]

I've seen a few pieces that have the multicoloured wirey fabric looking stuff intertwining. I've never done a big enough dose to "go to other places" but I have a friend who said he saw something just like this after 6gs in tea

[@aliasofanalias7448]

But tbh I think how you imagine it is exactly how it works haha

[@Baabaalawn]

Yes! Bound by geography but freed 🔥 🦅 by Language ⛓🗽💋👄loose lips #baabaalawn!

[@stellarhexus9655]

Speech makes mountains. This water is a sphere generator canceled. Rehydration dam aroura. A belly of tea. Chopstix! 😅

[@sage5098]

Free will

[@lakelful]

"...and so fourth. and so on..." -tarrance mackennle

[@helenbostock2350]

Nature great

[@tomasgrandi]

🛸💖 🛸💖

[@os2musicuk203]

Does this mean I dont need to pay tax anymore ?

[@johnbush5325]

Listening to this simultaneously with charlesthefirst

[@Kid_Ikaris]

Oh wait, did Dennis come up with the initial idea for the Archiach Rivival book? 44:20 ?

[@BirfdayBoi]

Here now

[@lukestefanik606]

🤝🙏🧘‍♂️

[@thefridayfreakt3623]

I feel like the objects the elves were making were symbolic of McKennas speeches

[@kaelzvibey3878]

Music at the end ю?

[@wpahp]

We Plants Are Happy Plants - Warren Commission Spotify me :)

[@alulim7]

it was the latter portion i was choosing edit: that ending was somehow unexpected

[@alulim7]

but this is prolly as good a place as any to head out

[@Necroman98]

Goood shiet